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Just got Roger's Froyo update for the Capivate

nicracine

Well-Known Member
Hi guys,

Froyo's update for the Captivate from Rogers is finaly here.

I followed the post here.

Every time I started the updated process, the updated module crashed on my main computer, so I installed Kies on my Gateway notebook, and it well very well.

A few notes:
- It may take a few times before Kies recognize the phone. in my case, I would say about 1 time for 3 tries. I tried using different USB ports, with a hub, without hub, there was nothing I could do to improve the recognition.

- Even when it works, Kies takes a long time before finding the phone, I would say 2-3 minutes at least.

- When you need to get the phone in download mode, do so after the pop-up message (You'll see it, you can't miss it), but do it quickly. I had to try twice before it worked. including the many times Kies would not find the phone, so it can get a bit frustrating.

The update itself went smoothly. I did not have to backup anything, every application I had is still there. I had to reinstall and reconfigure a few widgets, but that's it.

I just tried the GPS, and I got a fix in about 10 seconds, which is even faster than with the previous rom.

Right now, I would say that I am glad I waited to get the official ROM. It took a long while, but everything seems to run very smoothly. We'll see if it is still true in the long run.
 
Initially I had a lot of issues trying to get the phone updated. I finally gave up trying to do the upgrade on my desktop. The upgrade would crash at every step. Installing Kies again caused nothing but grief as I couldn't see the install windows. I had to flash my browser over the window repeatedly to see a microsecond glimpse of what it was saying. Wasted hours before I gave up...

I tried again using my older netbook and everything went according to plan. Go figure...

2.2 is NICE!!!
 
Do you have any problem with mass storage mode and the internal SD card?

I found out that mass storrage mode does not let you access more than 2.2 Gb out of the 16 Gb that should be available.

There is a whole discussion about that at XDA. It turns out I am not the only one with this problem. I called Rogers, and they are sending me a replacement phone; I was not the first one to call them it seems.
 
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